Hey this is kind of a bunch of ideas and sites i have collected for my essay:
Ive decided to do my essay on 'Issues regarding filesharing online'. I chose my topic because filesharing has been such a hot topic latley. Filesharing is kind of like a loophole in the system, its computer users basically making their files avalible for others to download and visa versa.
Basic idea of what i want to include:

• Napster/ kazaa/limewire
• Copyright laws
• Define the topic
• What issues they cause in society
• Whos against/for it
• Diagrams (found some usefuol ones on this site)
• http://www.answers.com/topic/file-sharing

Thats all for now, take care, till next time :)

Hello everyone out there,

Here are some interesting facts from our week three tutorial task.

1. What is the weight of the world's biggest pumpkin?

The current world record belongs to Steve Daletas of Oregon. His pumpkin weighed 1,385 pounds (628 kilograms).

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/kids/2004/01/pumpkin.html

2. What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Grant Hackett?

He arrives at the Pizzey Park pool on the Gold Coast at 5am.

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/05/17/1147545385944.html?from=rss

3. What is the length of a giraffe's tongue?

A giraffe's tongue is just about two feet long

http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061121202515AAqiEmW

4. How would you define the word 'ontology'? In your own words, what does it really mean ?

The branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of being. In my own words i think its like a relationship between concepts, got to do with computers.

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/ontology

5. What was David Cronenberg's first feature film?

1969: First feature and first film in 35mm, "Stereo" (produced, directed, wrote, shot and edited)

http://au.movies.yahoo.com/David+Cronenberg/biography/121858/milestones/

6. When was the original 'Hacker's Manifesto' written?

It started as a small essay written January 8, 1986

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_Manifesto

7. Why do all phone numbers in Hollywood films start with '555'?

For many years 555 was the unassigned dialling code in the US, but due to expansion the codes been recently re-assigned

http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-2357,00.html

8. What is the cheapest form of travel from Crete to Rhodes?

I found this question really difficult. The cheapest form of travel would be by ferry.

http://www.travelinfo.gr/rhodes/getto.htm

9. What song was top of the Australian Pop Charts this week in 1965?

I'll Never Find Another You- The Seekers

http://www.onmc.iinet.net.au/topspot/1965.htm

10. Which Brisbane band includes Stephen Stockwell on keyboards and vocals?

Stephen Stockwell plays in a Brisbane band called 'Black Assassins'.

http://www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au/2005/content/standard.asp?name=StockwellS

That was actually harder than i thought it would be. I noticed when typing in these questions i would get alot of the classes blog entries (don't worry i didn't copy). I'm so used to Google so it was good getting used to a variety of different search engines. I would say a search engine is like an electronic library (that isn't exactly creditable), i think that rank pretty highly though, because without them then how would you find different sites about different things. Example: you have been looking for a particular recipe for ages and you cannot find it anywhere. If you access the Internet, most people wouldn't even know how to go about looking for it, that's when these search engines come in handy.

The order of the search results is pretty helpful, it is pretty much, the more related, the higher the ranking. Example: I'm looking for information on R31 skylines, in yahoo the search results will show the r31 skyline club up there because its the most relevant. I also notices wikipedia being pretty high in the search results as well. My favourite search engine is http://www.google.com/, i think its because its the only one Ive ever really been familiar with. I like how you have choices (most search engines probably do) but they have the tabs at the top, you can search information, images, current news articles. I also have a Google toolbar so its so convenient just to click that.

Some current news stories about search engines include:

Google: Media giants tie up with Google's YouTube rivals for online video distribution

http://www.domain-b.com/industry/media/20070324_distribution.html

Google: Google's expansion is coming at a price: it's losing its popularity

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,2041921,00.html

Yahoo: Yahoo's new ad program clicks

http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/business/16966173.htm

Yahoo: Yahoo! India content head quits

http://www.ciol.com/content/search/showarticle1.asp?artid=95738

Ill post my information on my essay in another blog, i really don't want to lose everything Ive written. =D

Communication Tech Tute week 3 10-12

Hey everyone,
Instead of raving on about lectures and movies ill be blogging about the tutorial task. My own experiences with communication technology are happening everyday, its all around me. There is television, portable radios, mobile phones and the Internet. Each one of those can do a number of different things. such as a mobile phone now isn't just made for phone calls, it is also a mp3 player, sound recorder, video recorder and a camera. The ever popular Internet is also used for a number of different communication ways. You can search daily news on various search engines, you can contact friends via msn messenger and sites like myspace.com. you can also post video clips on sites such as youtube.com, where many a musician has obtained a record contract through. One of the many ways to utilise the site.

I said earlier that i used different types of communication technology everyday. Here's just a day in my life and the different types i use:

• Get up and watch the news on television
• Check my email on the Internet
• Get the traffic report on my car radio
• Talk/sms my friends/family on my mobile
• Ill also talk to friends/family on the site myspace.com via the Internet

I confess, i am an Internet addict! Ever since i was about 15 Ive also be on chat room sites. i enjoy talking to different people all around the world. There are some people i have been speaking to for years and yet i have not met them because of the distance. Other people on my msn list i have met.

I was influenced to start using these technologies because when i was younger i lived on Springbrook Mountain (yes it got very boring). When my parents finally got the Internet all i pretty much wanted to do was chat to other people and look up things i was interested in. I was always interested in various cars and was never close to a library so Google.com became an excellent way to learn more about my interests. I actually ended up buying my car on carsales.com.

In conclusion if it weren't for communication technology the world wouldn't be what it is today. the things we take for granted wouldn't be as easy and convenient as they are today. Information would be alot harder to come by, news would take longer to get around and communication to family and friends would take longer.

Week 1 Tute 10-12

"Do you have fly buys?" If i have to ask that question one more time i think i was going to EXPLODE! I have been at Target full time for the past 2 years and i had to get out. Although I'm a hard worker and had been promised management for around a year i decided it was time to go to university. Target didn't exactly hold much of a future and i felt like at age 20 my life was headed no where. I ended up grabbing that QTAC book applied straight for a BA since i have no idea what i want in the future. When enrolling i picked 4 of the most random subjects and am hoping one of them is one i really enjoy. I picked New Communication Technology because Ive always enjoyed technology, yes I'm constantly on the Internet, i own an ipod and I'm always on the mobile sending an sms.

University life is very different from high school, although i haven't been in high school for a good three years i haven't experienced anything quite like this. There is so much independence involved, you really take on alot. I like the fact that you are responsible for your own actions. I like that you will not be constantly reminded when things are due, you call teachers by their first names and the study is your choice. People are here by their own choice, everyone is here to learn. I think i will find university life hard trying to do it around work, whenever i wont be here ill be at work. Ive found it hard just buying my text books alone but I'm sure there will be light at the end of the tunnel.

My first lecture for this subject was a bit daunting. It went for 2 hours and i was pretty much lost 10 minutes into it. It went into answering questions like:

• What is technology?
• What is communication?
• The Genealogy of old technology.

I found it easier going back over the notes and text in my own time. I find it easier to study on my own. All in all I've had a great first week at university, I've understood the readings that were required and I'm really beginning to enjoy this subject.